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Wow! Today did not go as planned. I had intended to put together a great blog about how I was prepping for my triathlon in the morning but E had other plans.

I put him down for a nap at about 11:30 and headed downstairs to write said blog but thought I heard E crying. I started to head upstairs and there he was at the top of steps just looking at me. I thought I was going to vomit.

His crib is at the lowest setting so now I’m stumped with what to do. He’s not a great sleeper. All I had was being able to just put him in his crib but now that’s not even safe. I guess we could convert it to a toddler bed but he’ll never just lay down and go to sleep. It’s 10:00 p.m., I haven’t prepped for tomorrow at all and I’m exhausted.

So I just wanted to pop in and tell you that our Designer Whey Protein winner is Jenna mccullough

In addition, I’m dying to know. If you have a toddler (E will be 2 in October), what’s your bedtime routine? Do you put your child down asleep or awake? I obviously am going to need to rethink my current strategy.

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Best of luck tomorrow! I’m so sorry you had that kind of day… we’ve somehow lucked out and L still hasn’t climbed out at 2 1/2, but many friends had similar issues… short story is, switch to toddler bed and continue putting down awake. Can he open the door? It may take a few nights of you constantly putting him back in bed before he learns to stay in there. And though it’s not ideal, you might even need to get a toddler proof door knob so he can’t get out, and he’ll eventually crash, even if it’s on the floor. I’m not looking forward to that transition… good luck!

OH GOODNESS! I can’t believe I won!!!! Im so excited!!! thank you!!! this is the first thing i have ever won in my life!!!! as a side note, getting toddlers sleeping is a pain. im a nanny and i think it’s honestly different for every child. some go right to sleep on their own no problem, and some take holding, cuddling etc. i like the idea of laying them down while they are awake (if possible) but staying in the room for a couple minutes until they are nearly asleep. this keeps them feeling safe and content, but allows them also to learn to put themselves to sleep. im not expert for sure, but i know things like that can be pretty successful! hang in there and stay consistent! love your blog!

Don’t panic yet: the first couple times our daughter scrambled out of her crib we just put her back in and laid her down. For a few months, she forgot all about climbing out. Then, she graduated to a twin bed (with a rail) at my in-laws house while there on “vacation” and would not go back to her crib at home, so she got my old full-sized bed. At that point, we were able to use the crib as leverage by saying, “You need to stay in bed and go to sleep, or we’ll have to use the crib.” Either way, just get a gate for the top of the stairs!

I also have a nearly 2 year old (goes down awake for nap and nights), and dread the day she climbs out! I did get a great tip from a BTDT mom about preventing climbing out. She told me that she simply removed the metal frame that holds the mattress up and dropped it to the floor (but still inside the crib frame). This got the mattress about 8″ lower. Of course this will only work if your crib frame sits low to the ground, as you don’t want a gap between the mattress and the frame for obvious safety reasons. Maybe this will work for you? Good luck!

We have a two-and-a-half year old who climbed/fell out of the crib once, and falling out was enough of a deterrent we didn’t do it again. But she is such an explorer and very bold, so when it came time to move her to a big-girl bed I was really worried. But when we moved to our new place in November her room was big enough to set up both the crib and the bed. She wasn’t quite two then and we weren’t ready to move her to the bed yet, but knew it was coming. We decided we’d move her to the bed on her half birthday in June. So for almost seven months she got used to the bed being in there, we told her it was going to be her big girl bed and we would sit and read stories on it before bedtime. She started asking to sleep in it and would even pretend to fall asleep in the bed after the story, but we moved her to the crib and kept telling her it was for when she was a big girl and “ready” for the responsibility. I think the build up of anticipation made it really special on the night she finally got to sleep in it for the first time. She stayed in the bed all night, slept through the night and waited for us to come and get her in the morning! We were shocked! We’ve had a few nights since then where she’s gotten up to play in her room, or she comes to the top of the stairs and calls down. But now that she’s 2.5 she can come down the stairs very well on her own, so we’re not worried about that. But we did set some clear boundaries and rules that she knows about not going in the bathroom etc. So if you can I’d take a few months to have the bed in the room, build up the anticipation and really make it a celebration and milestone that is really special. Help them feel in control of it before they experience the big change. Sorry this is so long. Hope it helps:-)

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